This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: The Conversation
1113/19
by Ken Chitwood
The Islamic State’s caliphate was never widely recognized among the global Muslim community and no longer has significant territory. But the Islamic State still uses the history of the caliphate to push their claims.
Source: NY Times
11/11/19
Oleg Sokolov, a Russian historian who made a career studying and impersonating Napoleon Bonaparte, liked to be called “Sire.” He also had a long history of seducing and being violent toward female students at a prestigious university.
Source: NY Times
11/10/19
Private explorers found the U.S.S. Grayback beneath 1,400 feet of water after realizing that a mistranslated Japanese war record had pointed searchers in the wrong direction.
Source: The Conversation
11/8/19
by Mike Conway
In the summer of 1962, the two networks were at work on two separate, secret documentaries on tunnels being dug under the Berlin Wall.
Source: The Conversation
11/11/2019
by Todd Lookingbill and Peter Smallwood
The horrors of war are all too familiar: lives lost, homes destroyed, entire communities forced to flee. Yet as time passes, places that once were sites of death and destruction can become peaceful natural refuges.
Source: National Geographic
11/7/19
Using hyperprecise LiDAR data, a cartographer maps the river’s bends and channels over time with mesmerizing results.
Source: Vice
October 22, 2019
by Edward Ongweso Jr
University of Oxford researchers are using machine learning to help make ancient text restoration less tedious.
Source: The Washington Post
November 9, 2019
by Robert McCartney
Thirty years ago, East German officials abruptly announced it would open its border, ending 28 years of separation between East and West Berlin. This story ran on the front page of The Washington Post the next morning.
Source: Washington Post
11/10/19
The violence in 1899 left Kentucky on the brink of a civil war.
Source: The Washington Post
November 6, 2019
Voters agreed to remove Martin Luther King's name from city street signs.
Source: The Conversation
11/8/19
Attacks on Jewish homes have often been a neglected aspect of "the Night of Broken Glass", until now.
Source: Time
November 10, 2019
by Olivia B. Waxman
New services are making it easier for families to learn about their ancestors’ military service.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
11/6/19
Seven-foot replica of former president to be inaugurated at U.S. Embassy, overlooking site of Berlin Wall
Source: The Washington Post
November 8, 2019
by Michael E. Ruane
Two sunken Japanese aircraft carriers were found weeks before the movie about the World War II battle opens
Source: The Washington Post
November 7, 2019
Germany's minister on health is trying to ban conversion therapy.
Source: History.com
November 08, 2019
by Sarah Pruitt
The mighty clash between Japanese and U.S. Naval forces in June 1942 ended in a stunning— and surprising—Allied victory.
Source: Mashable
11/6/19
The experimental film bridges the generational gap, transforming powerful archival photographs into immersive 360-degree virtual snapshots in time.
Source: History.com
11/6/19
Advance intelligence helped the Allies turn the tables on Japan in this crucial World War II naval battle.
Source: NY Times
11/6/19
Virginia, soon to be under Democratic control, will likely be the 38th state to ratify the amendment. The Supreme Court could decide what happens next.
Source: NY Times
11/5/19
Melpomeni Dina was reunited with the two surviving members and 40 descendants of the Jewish family she and her sisters helped escape occupied Greece during World War II.
